Dear MSA Forum members,

In December 2020, James Wierzbicki will complete his term as Editor of the biannually published, peer-review journal of the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA), Musicology Australia. The MSA is seeking applications for a new Editor to be appointed for a three-year term with a possible extension of a further three…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

The International Musicological Society is pleased to announce the inauguration of the IMS Study Group “Musical Diagrams”, chaired by Daniel Muzzulini (CH) and Susan F. Weiss (US). The study group has the following mission statement: “The aims of the study group are: to foster the exchange of music theoretical diagr…[Read more]

Dear all,

on behalf of Antonio Baldassarre, IMS Directorium Member and RIdIM President, the IMS would like to bring to your kind attention the following message:

The 20th International Conference of Association RIdIM, “Visualising the Unseen: Music in Visual Culture,” was moved to July 22 to 24, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We invite pro…[Read more]

Dear all,

The deadline for proposals for the 19th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance (2020) and 4th Annual Symposium on Indigenous Arts in the Academy has been extended to 28 August.

For further details and instructions on how to submit a proposal, visit the MSA website here.

Cheers,

Fred Kiernan.

Dear MSA members,

The deadline for proposals for the 43rd Annual National Conference of the MSA has been extended to Monday 24 August.

For details about how to submit your proposal, please visit the MSA website (http://www.msa.org.au) or click here.

Kind regards,

Fred Kiernan

Secretary, MSA.

Call for Presentations: 19th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance

The 19th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance will be held on 3–5 December 2020 in association with the 43rd MSA National Conference, and the 4th annual Symposium on Indigenous Arts in the Academy at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and Victorian College of the Arts on…[Read more]

Call for Presentations: Musicological Society of Australia’s 43rd Annual National Conference  

Location: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, Australia

Date: 3-5 Dec. 2020 

CFP Deadline: 15 Aug. 2020

Proposal Outcome: 15 Sept. 2020 

Convenors: John Gabriel, Fred Kiernan, Linda Kouvaras, Kerry Murphy, Sally Trelo…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

COVID-19 has impacted planning of the MSA National Conference 2020. If you are thinking about presenting at the conference this year, the MSA would be grateful if you would complete a short survey (approx. 3 minutes) about possibly participating remotely.

You can access the survey here: https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.c…[Read more]

Kerry Murphy, Frederic Kiernan and Andrew Frampton are proud to announce the publication of a special issue of Musicology Australia 41.2 (2019):

‘Zelenka, Bach and the Eighteenth-Century German Baroque: Essays in Honour of Janice B. Stockigt.’

Subscribers to the journal can access the volume here. We present this volume to Jan in humble tha…[Read more]

CONTEXT: Journal of Music Research is published by the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, the University of Melbourne, and is edited by a committee of staff and postgraduate research students.

Now in its thirtieth year, CONTEXT publishes research articles, book reviews, edited interviews with composers and research project reports. CONTEXT is a…[Read more]

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